The deadline for the Sixers to file an official grievance with the NBA about the officiating passed, but their gripes about it led to an overwhelming free-throw disparity in their favor in their Game 3 win over the Knicks.
New York Knicks center Mitchell Robinson was forced to exit his team’s 125-114 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Thursday, per Tim Bontemps of ESPN: “Mitchell Robinson is out for the rest of the game with the left ankle that he was questionable with coming in.
While on the ground, Sixers star Joel Embiid grabbed Knicks center Mitchell Robinson by the leg as he jumped off the ground attempting to dunk in the first quarter.
The Sixers were wobbly. They were vulnerable. We will hear all day Friday, all day Saturday, that they were the desperate team, that they saw their season flashing before their eyes and simply refused to let it dissolve.
The Knicks lost a scrap in the sandbox to the Sixers and the MVP version of Joel Embiid, who averted an ejection after a “dirty” foul on Mitchell Robinson. Embiid dropped 50 points in the Sixers’ 125-114 victory Thursday night,
Embiid pushed aside the pain - mental and physical - and embraced the pressure after he vowed the 76ers were "going to win this series" against the New York Knicks. Embiid scored 50 points, making all four 3-point attempts and scoring 18 in a potential series-saving third quarter on Thursday night to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 125-114 win in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference first-round series.
TMZ Sports reported that a 76ers player was involved in a car crash. On Thursday evening, the Philadelphia 76ers will host the New York Knicks at the Wells Fargo Center for Game 3 of their first-round playoff series.
Knicks vs. 76ers has already been a thrilling NBA playoff series with a pair of tight battles at MSG. Now, the series heads to Philadelphia with the 76ers in desperation mode. Game 2 was another tightly contested affair with New York pulling out a 104-101 victory to take a 2-0 lead in the series after Donte DiVincenzo’s game-winning 3-pointer.
Joel Embiid declared Philadelphia is going to win its first-round playoff series despite a stunning rally by the Knicks on Monday night and amid complaints about the officiating.
New York Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau was clearly unhappy with the officiating during his team's Thursday loss to the Philadelphia 76ers. The Sixers